Amna Tariq, PMP, MBA, ITIL v3, TickIT, SCRUM

 

1731 Foxboro Ct. n Bentonville, AR 72712 n 248.231.6335 n amnatariq1@gmail.com n www.linkedin.com/in/amnatariq/

 

SENIOR IT AND PROCESS MANAGER

IT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT n systems development n process improvement

 

§         Value driven IT Leader with proven track record of 20+ years of IT Project Management, Software Quality Assurance and Process Management.  PMP, MBA, ITIL, TickIT, and SCRUM credentials.  5+ years of Portfolio and Program Management experience.  Managed project budgets in the range of $50+ million and large size teams.  Reputed for High-Visibility, On-Time, Under-Budget completion of IT, and Infrastructure and Process Improvement projects with focus on delivering business value.

§         Global IT Systems & Operations - established, deployed and consolidated IT systems and operations across the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East for fortune 500s. Championed global integration strategies and successfully managed teams across diverse cultures.

§         Strategic Planning & Execution, with technical and business acumen and always an eye on the big picture ability to define strategies for the right IT solutions that are cost effective and scalable for business growth.

§         Leadership & Talent Development - above-average ability to attract, lead and mentor top talent, inspire excellence, and create team cultures based on performance and innovation. Ability to influence at all levels such as Senior Management, Executives, Vendors and Technical Teams. Directly supervised a team of 10 professionals.

§         Process and Quality Management Specialist, with specialized trainings as ISO 9000 and TickIT Lead Auditor, SGS Assessor, and CMM facilitator.  Proven expertise in managing large scale PMO Governance, Change Management, and Internal Quality Auditing programs, enhancing process effectiveness through Business Process Re-engineering, Measurements and Metrics programs

 

 

Value-Added Leadership: Cross-Functional Cross-Geo Leadership Change Management Client Relations & Presentations Portfolio Management

IT Project Lifecycle: Systems Development ROI Analysis Costing & Budgeting Project Scheduling Quality Audits and Reviews

Project Management: Strategic and Business Planning System Migrations / Integrations ERP Implementations Infrastructure Deployment Global Site Deployments

 

 

Wal-mart Stores Inc. (Bentonville, AR), Project Manager, Mar 2010 to Present

Accretive Solutions Inc. (Troy, MI), SENIOR COnsultant, Jan 2008 to Mar 2010

CIBER Inc. (Southfield, MI), Senior Project Manager, Jun 2006 to Jan 2008

Cressoft Inc., (Denver, CO), Project Management Consultant, Dec 2004 to Jun 2006

Crescent Software Products (Pvt.) Ltd. (Pakistan), Senior Systems Manager, Oct 1997 to Dec 2004

Haleeb Foods Ltd. (Pakistan), HR Manager, Feb 1992 to Sept 1997
 

Worked with major consulting firms in USA and Pakistan for over 20 years with Fortune 500 clients.  Currently employed with Wal-mart Inc. in Bentonville, AR, as Infrastructure Project Manager, responsible for BSM, BCDR Engineering and Store Systems projects.

 

MBA (GPA: 3.22), University of Punjab (Pakistan), 1998

Master in English Language and Literature (GPA: 3.5), Govt. College for Women (Pakistan), 1993

Bachelor of Science, in Physics and Maths, (GPA: 3.1), Govt. College for Women (Pakistan), 1988

Diploma in Computer Programming, Database Management Systems, Systems Analysis and Design; University of Punjab, (Pakistan), 1991

PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), 2005

ITIL V3, 2011

AGILE SCRUM Master Certification, 2011

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§         Delivered Wal-Mart’s Colorado Data Center project from start to finish with PoC, Design, Build and Ops support across 30+ technology teams and a budget of > $50M.

§         Successfully delivered Wal-Mart’s US stores SMART box to Linux migration project. Successfully migrated 3500 programs on the isp box including legacy applications, regression suites with an ROI of millions per year at the strategy level.

§         Led General Motors’ Global SAP implementations across multiple regions. The program consisted of design and development of a Global template project and various Deployment Projects. This called for a highly Integrated Approach in a distributed, multi-vendor, complex client environment.  Developed the Integrated Project Plan for all teams spanning future releases in highly collaborative fashion resulting in assured on-time delivery with-in budget.

§         Program managed the IT portfolio for PepsiCo’s Supply Chain Management group including development of budgets, milestones, resource libraries and scorecards.  Developed IT budgets for Business Managers, PepsiCo Business Solutions Group (IT), Legacy IT and Project 1UP (PepsiCo’s SAP initiative) and managed various projects that included plant line extensions, warehouse installations and SAP Deployments.

§         Led CresSoft’s PMO setup bringing the organization to a maturity level of 3 within the first year ensuring repeat business for the company.

§         ERP Implementations: Responsible for GM’s Global Finance and Indirect Materials (GFIMS) SAP implementation across 6 regions and 16 organizations. Defined, budgets, Project Scopes and charters. The program was funded for $20 Million. Developed and owned the Program Plan including identified Risks and Mitigations, Communications, configuration, data, operations, Quality, tests, supplier management plans.

Results: GM was able to realize ROI as planned within the stipulated time.

§         Systems Engineering: Delivered projects in various frameworks and technologies including, but not limited to: client server, C++, Java, J2EE, and IBM Web Sphere for clients such as e-chemicals.

Results: High level of product and service quality delivered to the client assisted the company in achieving a target of 30% annual growth through repeat business.
 

§         Infrastructure Deployments:  Led the Disaster Recovery and Work Group Recovery projects including a Data Center and ITC3 buildouts.  Managed a Core team of experts in Networks, Network Services, Server, Storage, Security, Voice, Mainframe and Enterprise Monitoring to Architect, Design, Build and Deploy Colorado Data Center for Walmart US. This Data Center is built with DR as well as growth goals.

Results: The CDC project was delivered ahead of time and under budget.  Received the “Outstanding Delivery Achievement” and “Project of the Year” awards.  Managed a budget of $50+ million and a core team of 80+ resources throughout the project.

§         Portfolio Management: Managed the IT portfolio of DTE’s Credit and Collection dept.  Developed the Integrated Application Portfolio plans, including projects, milestones, dependencies and risks. Developed comprehensive Risk attributes for the Credit customers and integrated with the existing Credit and Collection system, including customer risk profiles and credit bureau reporting.  Designed metrics and dashboards for managers as well as top executives reporting out on budget, cost and performance.

Results: Financial and performance analysis helped various business groups to improve their financial targets.  Various business groups could reduce their arrears using the IT prioritization process.

§         Process and Quality Improvement: As the head of CresSoft’s Quality Excellence Department defined organizational core processes including setting up world class PMO in the country for the first time. Also at Haleeb Foods Ltd. set up the HR Dept. from scratch to a size of 12 and led the company through successful ISO 9000 certification. Established and managed Quality Councils, Audit panels and Software Engineering Process Groups.

Results: High level of project management maturity led to better quality products with on-time, on-budget deliveries which increased customer satisfaction by 50%.

 

1731 Foxboro Ct. n Bentonville, AR 72712 n 248.231.6335 n amnatariq1@gmail.com  n www.linkedin.com/in/amnatariq/